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Table 1-39. U.S.-Canadian Border Land-Passenger Gateways: 1999

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  Entering the U.S.
All U.S.-Canadian Land Gateways  
All personal vehicles 34,519,136
All personal vehicle passengers 87,691,325
All buses 181,581
All bus passengers 4,805,421
All train passengers 183,728
All pedestrians 586,765
Personal vehicles top 5 gateways  
Detroit, MI 8,919,145
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 7,441,950
Blaine, WA 3,312,775
Port Huron, MI 2,150,304
Calias, ME 1,427,853
Personal vehicle passengers--top 5 gateways  
Detroit, MI 19,382,235
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 16,531,915
Blaine, WA 8,442,615
Sault Ste. Marie, MI 5,765,704
Port Huron, MI 4,308,549
Buses -- top 5 gateways  
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 61,507
Detroit, MI 39,455
Blaine, WA 20,478
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 9,570
Skagway, AK 8,996
Bus passengers--top 5 gateways  
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,795,942
Detroit, MI 624,974
Blaine, WA 469,659
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 281,021
Skagway, AK 137,717
Train passengers -- top 5 gateways  
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 35,305
Blaine, WA 31,496
Port Huron, MI 28,795
Skagway, AK 28,166
Champlain-Rouses Point, NY 25,618
Pedestrians--top 5 gateways  
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 305,775
Calais, ME 51,003
Sumas, WA 35,941
Portland, MEa 29,883
International Falls-Ranier, MN 24,733

a Gateway is a pedestrian/ferry combination crossing.

NOTE: Data reflect all personal vehicles, buses, passengers and pedestrians entering the United States across the U.S.-Canadian border, regardless of nationality.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, special tabulation, August 2000. Based on the following primary data source:
U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service. Office of Field Operations. Operations Management Database. (Washington, DC: 1999).